scholarly journals Comparison of Oral Health Behaviors before and after Oral Health Education for Elementary School Students from a part of Community Child Center

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Sunmi Lee ◽  
Jiyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Oral Health Behaviors ◽  
Before And After

The Effect of Education on Toothbrushing Methods and Perceptions of Toothbrushing among Elementary School Students in Busan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-82
Author(s):  
Soo-Myoung Bae ◽  
◽  
Kyung-Min Kim ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Oral Health Behaviors

Objectives: This study examines the effect of education on toothbrushing and oral health on the oral health behaviors and knowledge of fourth graders in Busan. Methods: Data were collected from March to December 2020 via a questionnaire; a total of 57 fourth graders in D-gu, B city participated. Results: Respondents’ knowledge of oral health increased after participation in an oral health education program. Positive changes to participants’ frequency, duration, and method of toothbrushing were observed. Specifically, participants shifted from horizontal or vertical toothbrushing methods to rolling brushing after taking part in the educational program. Conclusions: Dental health education improves elementary school students’ knowledge of oral health and leads to behavioral changes that can improve oral health.

scholarly journals Efek penyuluhan metode demonstrasi menyikat gigi terhadap penurunan indeks plak gigi pada murid sekolah dasar Effect of demonstration method counseling on brushing teeth to the decreasing of plaque value of elementary school students

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ilyas ◽  
Indah Nisita Putri
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Control Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Oral Health Education

Dental and oral health education to primary school children is one of the efforts to improve the health of the teeth inchildren for the preventive and promotive aspects. The choice of demonstration method on dental and oral healtheducation to support increasing understanding of the child, with doing practice the correct way to brush teeth. Thepurpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of oral health education to decrease plaque index at sixth gradeelementary school students. This research is a quasi-field experimental design with pre and posttest with control group.Subjects consisted of all sixth grade students in the village Padang Loang, District Patampanua, Pinrang. With clusterrandom sampling got 49 students. Data were analyzed using t-test. The results showed that one week after illuminationwas applied value of plaque decline 2.269 at the treatment group. While the control group have increasing value ofplaque 0.485. The data indicate that there are effects of oral and dental health education demonstration method insixth grade elementary school students. It was concluded that the introduction of the importance of oral health as ahealth maintenance efforts should be done from an early ages, it needs good cooperation between students, teachersand parents.

scholarly journals PERBANDINGAN EFEKTIFITAS PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN GIGI METODE DONGENG (STORYTELLING) DENGAN METODE BERMAIN PERAN (ROLE PLAY) PADA SISWA KELAS 3 SEKOLAH DASAR

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-30
Author(s):  
Resti Khairani ◽  
Nur Indrawati Lipoeto ◽  
Bambang Ristiono
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
T Test ◽  
School Students ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Background and purpose: Dental caries is a problem that often arises in children. One contributing factor is the child's behavior. Behavior began to form of knowledge, and knowledge to stimulate a change in attitude and action. The knowledge of elementary school children about dental health at the level of bad and less. Children have characteristics consistent with the cognitive development, is one of the aspects to be considered in determining the appropriate target education and the education methods will be used. The purpose of this education is to see the difference in the effectiveness of storytelling method and role play method as an method of dental and oral health education on a 3rd grade elementary school. Material and Methods: The research method was quasi experimental with pretest and posttest design. Samples were taken by using purposive sampling technique with a sample of 54 students in grades 3 SDN 22 Andalas Padang. The samples were divided into 2 groups with different treatment, 27 students with storytelling method and 27 students with role play method. The level of knowledge was measured through filled questionnaires before and after education. Analysis of the data used is paired T test and independent T test (p <0.05). Results and conclusions: results analysis of test showed a significant increase in knowledge (p <0.05) after being given an education on each method with a significance value of 0.000. The average change knowledge in the storytelling method was 14.26 ± 4.09 while the role play method was 17.96 ± 3.99. There are differences in effectiveness between the two methods of education to increase knowledge with a significance value of 0.001 (p <0.05). The conclusion of this study is role play as a method of dental and oral health education is an effective method to increasing knowledge. Keywords:role play, storytelling, education, elementary school students

scholarly journals Caries Management by Risk Assessment vs. Traditional Preventive Strategies: Effect on Oral Health Behaviors and Caries Diagnoses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Kriegler ◽  
Christine Blue
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Plaque Index ◽  
Preventive Strategies ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Oral Health Education ◽  
Oral Health Behaviors ◽  
Caries Management

The objective of this study was to determine whether a caries management by risk assessment (CAMBRA) tool improves oral self-care behaviors and decreases caries diagnoses as compared to traditional oral health education strategies. Findings show patients with a CAMBRA lowered their caries risk as evidenced by lower plaque index scores.

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